Broadway AM Report, 4/22/2016 - NBC's HAIRSPRAY, WAITRESS and More!

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it?

THIS WEEKEND'S BIG NEWS: NBC is holding auditions this weekend for HAIRSPRAY LIVE!, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL opens at Red Bull, and WAITRESS officially bows on Broadway this Sunday!

NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:

- Original stars Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope are traveling across the pond with AN AMERICAN IN PARIS!
- Tom Hewitt and Lesli Margherita will lead 'HUNCHBACK' in Los Angeles.
- Jennifer Ehle and Jefferson Mays are set to star in LCT's OSLO...
- We got a look at artwork (right) for 'GREAT COMET' and NBC's HAIRSPRAY (here), plus a peek at Kate Baldwin in rehearsal for the Lyric's THE KING AND I, Mazzie & Kim in costume for Broadway's production, photos and footage from CARMEN in Paris, and a glimpse at Lily James & Richard Madden in Branagh's ROMEO AND JULIET!
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Rylance and more are among TIME's '100 Most Influential People in the World'.
- NYTW's 2016-17 Season will feature Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo in OTHELLO!
- And HAND TO GOD will shutter early in the West End, while Chichester's THIS HOUSE is transferring to the Garrick...

Broadway Weather Forecast: Rainy today and Saturday, but sunny on Sunday, with highs in the high 60s and low 70s!

Quote of the Day: A word from WAITRESS star Kimiko Glenn...

"I was kind of an obnoxious kid. I would imitate Celine Dion. I would jump around and belt to the rafters and do the accent and everything."
-- Kimiko Glenn (via BrainyQuote)

What we're looking forward to listening to: The TUCK EVERLASTING cast album, out this June!